Return to Article: FAA says air traffic control not 'inherently governmental'
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I have been an employee of the FAA for over a decade, and for the entire period of time, I have always heard rumors of contracting out and privatizing the FAA.
If the FAA truly does need to be contracted out or privatized, it is not due the failures of its employees. It is due to the failures of the current and past administrations that select poor administrators. It is due to the decades of rampant mismanagement. It is due to Congress being unable to effectively change and improve an agency that they alone have the power to change or improve. When congressmen speak about contracting out and privatizing the FAA, they are really saying that they have failed. They have failed FAA employees and they have failed the American public.
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We, the civil service force of America, share the thoughts with that of Mr. Church. Not just because we are on the chopping block in that our jobs may be outsourced, but, it only makes logical sense to maintain a federal civilian workforce. Government employees have that sense of pride, loyalty and good customer service. Turning it over to a private contractor will be interpreted as making money. Any civilian contractor's objective is where can he make ADDITIONAL cuts to make a larger profit margin. We, the civilian workforce are in business for the U.S., saving American military member's lives, NOT making a profit. Thanks.
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Someone please explain the cost savings everyone assumes will happen when jobs that are not inherently governmental go to contractors. When comparing costs does the cost of the contract get figured in? The government saves money by not having to pay benefits to employees but by paying the contract, they are paying salaries to the contractor's personnel. Is the contractor not going to provide benefits to their employees? If there are no benefits provided, what quality of workers can you attract? Isn't the government just changing from which pocket the money is spent? Will quality assurance evaluators be contractors? Will Contracting be contractors? Where does it end?
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